Candle holder



Aug. 19 1924. 1,505,589

J. DE NICOLA ET AL CANDLE HOLDER Filed Oct. 9. 1923 llllll' Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

'UNITED STATES PATENT ,oFFlcl-z.

JOSEPH DE NICOLA. AND JOHN VALENTI, 0l NEW YORK, N'. Y.

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Application led October 9, k1923. Serial lo. 667,587. I

To all 'whom it may coawem:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH DE NiooLA and JOHN VALENTI, residents of the city, county, and State of New York, and citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CandleHolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to candle holders andy more particularly to devices whose ob- 'ect is to protect the candle in .hot climates y enclosing it in a tube of similar shape and a pearance to said candle and p revent the waste of the wax and its dripping down the sides of the candle.

y A further object of the invention is to eeet the total consumption of the candles and the material of which they are made by forcing the upper end of the candle into a perforated cap through which the wick is adapted to extend and exposing a minimum amount of the wax or material of which the candle is composed.

These and other objects and details of the invention are more fully described in the following specication, set forth in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein; y Y

Fi 1 is a side elevation ofthe improved cand e holder'.`

Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the holder empty. f

lin warm weather the ordinary. wax or composition candle is apt to soften and bend from the perpendicular, ruining and wasting the candle, and when exposed to drafts the deflection of the dame causes uneven melting of the wax causing it to run and dri down the sides of the candle, rendering it unsightly and wasting the material. 4

Theimproved device is adapted to relieve the candle of these objections by holding it in an upright position and feeding it upward by a cap having an opening for the passage ofthe wick and to limit the ex.-y

posure of the wax to be consumed.

A tube 5 of sheet metal is slottedy at its lower end 6 for insertion in a candle stick and in an annular groove 7 -near the lower end is carried a disc 8 to support a coil spring 9 normally filling the tube and carrying .at its upper end t e follower 10 comprising the 12 unlted by a bar and havin at its upper end a spur 13 that is ada ted to penetrate the wick of a candle at its ower end.

The upper extremity of the tube is partly closed by a cap 14 having a reduced lower end- 15 with threads to screw into the tube and a tapered upper end similar in shape to the reduced burning end of a candle. rlhe top of the cap has an opening 16 considerably less in diameter than the candle itself, but into which, as the wick burns, the soft wax is forced leaving only so much exposed as is necessary for actual consumption by the wick as it burns. Around the inner edge of the opening 16 1s a Harige 17 adapted, as shown in Fig. 3, to engage the disc 12 and prevent its being pushed through the opening after the candle 1s consumed.

As the candle disap ears the last portion of wax is collected a ove the disc 12 and within the flange-17, while the last morsel of the wick is retained on the spurl?, until it is consumed, so that there is no danger of lighted remnants of the candle falling and igniting articles in the vicinity.

The reduced interior of the cap 14 leaves little space for the melted wax to leak into the interior of the holder, and.` in case that the candle is stuck in the cap by the coolin of the fwax after the candle is extinguish the burning of the wick for a short time will so heat the cap' as to loosen the candle andallow the spring 9 to function.

It is obvious that thelparts may be modified or otherwise arranged Without departing from the essential features above described, or from the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim as new is: 1. In a candle holder, the combination of arger and smaller discs 11 andv a tube having a plurality of longitudinal l slots at its lower end and adapted to make 1t resilient, a bottom above-the slots, a reduced Yupper and removable end to the tube having an opening for the wick of a candle, a follower comprising discs united b a bar and having a spur, and a coil spring between the bottom and the follower and adapted to force the candle against the upper end.

2. In a candle holder, the combination of a tube having a circumferential groove near its lower end and a slotted extremity, a disc in the groove to form a bottom, a follower consisting of discs united by a. rod, a spring betweenthe bottom and the follower, a cap having a tapered perforated end, and a 1o ange within the perforated end of the cap to arrest the follower.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aix our signatures,

JOSEPH DE NICOLA. JOHN VALENTI. 

